The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-18
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Commercial Centers.

Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17-Flour-Recaipts, 81 PIG
packages; exports. $40 brls and 191S7 sacks. Mod
crate in choice shipping wheat extras other
wise dull. Sales. Is, 500 brls. Common to good
extra Western and State. SO. 1o03.5o; common to
choice wheat Western extra, SO. 6o04s0; fancy do,
$4.eo05.70- Patent Minnesota, extra good to
prime $4-7O04.90.
whsst-Receipts. so $50 bu; exports 81, 541 bu;
GALES. ]. 26o. 900 bu futures, and $4,000 bu spot
Opsions ruled very dull. opening firm and advanced
sea 4c but soon weakened and declined Ia &c. clos
g steady about the bottom spot lots steady and quiet
with absence of export interest. No. spring nom,
9seltc elevator o., 9o'sS9oac delivered: No
Jsnusrv. s9le0s97sc, closing at S9l2c February,
eOa 0e1 lee, closing ut 90s4c: March, 917s092l4c.
May 93s police closing 93asc; June, $500
"a Nc closing at 80 7sc AUGUST sS93l4c closing
s. s7 ss's'' December ns's'' ''0''4s' closing at
56s. 600 bu futures and 40, 900 bu spot. Spot 1s0
&c higher, but very quiet ungradssd 6oss962c; No
81 Lee; January, 81 062c closing &c; February,
s62is Se2sse, closing at 62l4c; May. 6s06s 5-16o.
oats-RseeiPts 81, 600 bu; exports, 20 bu. Sales.
p5 600 bu futures and 30 600 6u- spot. A shade shade
s sss. Mixed Western SS@0S8'' white 49, $50
Hay duh and easy.
4ions opened 502O points higher; closed steady;
b Sssnss p4siS .4oS 1e5oe3 January. 1920
gig -soss February, 16 ooI 6 Joe; March, 1899
a 1905; june. 15.sO015.90c; July 1900;
August, 15.25015.40c; September, 1900 o-2oc;
October IA. zoe; November, 14.7Oo14.SOc Decem-
Der, 1883, 14.70014.S0c.
sugar steady .ad quiet; Psr1smsHso sts eis &c;
dull. Rice quiet and unchanged.
TAliow easier and dull at 4l4c- Rosin quiet
Eggs in moderate request; Western, 2o024c he
Gel ts, !, IA packages.
Pork steady, moderately active; mess quoted
year old Cut meats unchanged and dull.
Lard, 50s points higher and fairly active;
Western steam, spot, S.02ls0 g. 12lsc; January,
sofas. 12i9c: February, 6. 100 zoe: March,
e.Is0e 27ei May. s.32oe.4oci July, $500; city
Butter quiet and firmly held; Western. 15a33c;
Western creamery. 1855. Cheese In light request;
Western. 11lsD1I@c.
CHICAGO. Dee. 17.-Pork was the favorite article
on TIE list for the brokers at the opening of the Board
OF Trade this morning. On big bid by local opera
cor, the May option opened at $l6 but the general
crowd was only bidding at $3.50, and in half an
hour the price had eased off to 1855. This last
nEnre, however, was fraction above last nights
Close the strength being due TO light receipts Later,
1878, bat soon rallied to $15.S2i4. The record
OF the other markets during the rst hour similar
20 that of pork. May lard opened .07lac higher at
6Z714c- May wheat opened at SO 7sc and May corn
NJ o4ae. Trading was not unusually large. During
the morning May wheat. which had sold M to S4c
down 70 % lc- There little 4 b. in either of
the grain pits and before the Glossy Nav corn sold
down 70 54fe and up again TO Z43s0 541ac on
surely 4ekl orders May wheat afr touching So SEC,